The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

Its goal is to stop commercial seal hunts. Newborn seals of some species have snow-white fur, making the animals subject to hunt. The United States banned the hunting and import of whitecoats in ...

Are seals mammals? We've done the research! Jump in to read about the characteristics of seals that make them mammals!

Local experts are cautioning beachgoers to “share the shore” after a young elephant seal was found lounging on the Seaside ...